Graf Zeppelin starts world flight from Lakehurst today
At Lakehurst Naval Station New Jersey on August 7 the Graf Zeppelin prepared for a circumnavigation. The airship aims to pioneer a west to east commercial route and attract financiers for a trans Atlantic service, with stops planned in Friedrichshafen Tokyo and Los Angeles.
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Naval
Lakehurst
N.J
Graf Zeppelin
Naval Station
Megellan
Globe
Hugo Eckener
Eckener
Germany
Eckener’s
Graf
Friedrichshafen
Tokio
Los Angeles
Atlantic
Boy Scout Gives Life For Pat
John Howard Brombaugh Jr a 13 year old Boy Scout died saving his friend Robert Willis during a railroad incident at Willmette Illinois. They had been hiking after a birthday cake slice and pledged renewed friendship. John shouted to Bobbie to jump but could not save himself.
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Willmette
John Howard Brombaugh, Jr
John
Robert Willis
Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railway
Bobbie
Life Sketch of T. J. Hutchings In Elyria Retail
At 21 he apprenticed in a dry goods store in Ithaca New York. In 1903 he joined D. Lewis and Company in Elyria. After stints in Indianapolis and Messillon Ohio he returned to Elyria in 1923. In February 1929 he opened the Children’s Apparel Shop and now lives at 1253 East Avenue with his wife and daughter. His hobby is baseball and as a boy he dreamed of becoming a railway mail clerk.
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T. J. Hutchings
Ithaca
New York
Elyria
D. Lewis and Company
Indianapolis
Messillon
Ohio
Hutchings
East Avenue
Burned To Crisp In Plane Crash Near Westfield
Westfield New York August 7 Lewis Greeves 23 of Ferguson Missouri died when a plane en route from Cleveland to Buffalo crashed into an orchard near town The pilot John M Jones Atlas New York escaped shaken The plane reportedly exploded on impact and the body of Greeves burned severely The crash followed a takeoff from the local airport minutes earlier
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Westfield
N. Y
Lewis Greeves
Ferguson
John M. Jones
Atlas
Here
St Louis
Buffalo
Cleveland
Greeves
Search Continues For Missing Elyria Man Frederick Sparr
The search for Frederick Sparr, 27, of Elyria entered its tenth day with no leads. He disappeared after leaving home on July 27 due to illness, with clues found deemed useless. He is described as 5'9" with blue eyes and dark hair, wearing a white shirt, blue serge trousers, brown shoes, straw hat, wrist watch, and an Odd Fellows ring. The Gration Lodge 65 is aiding, asking anyone with information to telegram Grant Rogers, lodge secretary.
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Frederick Sparr
Elyria
Sparr
Gtafion Lodge
Grant Rogers
Toledo Musicians Seek Outboard Endurance Record
Toledoans Glen Loertscher and Forrest Arnold pursue a nonstop outboard motor endurance run on the Maumee River. Over four days they have logged more than 74 hours, cruising an eight mile course while facing wind, sun, and fatigue. They refuel every two hours as the motor stays steady.
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Toledo, O
Glen Loertscher
Forrest Arnold
Toledo
Maumee River
Merih
Prohibition Chief Bans Interference With Home Cider Making
Washington August 7 Prohibition Commissioner Doran issued an order prohibiting dry administrators from meddling with home production of cider and fruit juices provided the beverages remain non intoxicating in fact.
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Cider Mills
Washington
Doran
Allies Press Revision of Young Plan at Hague Session
At The Hague today creditor nations clash over the Young plan in a secret reparations conference. Italy and France defend the plan as a whole while Britain and Roumania seek revision. Germany signals acceptance if Rhineland evacution and Saar understanding are secured.
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The
Hague
Great Britain
Antonio Mosconi
Henri Cheron
Italy
France
Paris
Owen D. Young
Cheron
Philip Snowden
Snowden
Permier Aristide Briand
Ulrich
Gustav Stresemann
Germany
Rhineland
Saar Basin
Body of Detroit Prohibition Agent Found in River
The body of Richard Sundland, federal prohibition agent, was recovered by customs border patrolmen after he fell or was thrown into the Detroit River from the yacht Maxine. The incident follows a scuffle during a liquor search and ties to elevator constructor John M. Heath, who provides the account and then fled the city.
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Detroit
Richard Sundland
Maxine
John M. Heath
Sundlaund
Sundland
Heath
Bologna Santa Claus Wins Leniency in Chicago Judge's Dispensary
Chicago tale of Hugh Cartin age 26 who, seeking to cheer inmates after his friend's arrest, shared nine pounds of bologna at a police station. Judge Joseph Burke ruled the act was mere baloney and let Cartin go, declaring no statute forbids such "baloney" generosity.
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Chicago
Hugh Cartin
Lotta Baroner
Joseph Burke
Hugh
Cartin
Santa Claus
Walter Hughes
Pat Hart
Judge Burke
Commissioners Favor Ditch Cleaning Near Schwartz Ditch
Lorain county commissioners at a courthouse hearing backed improvement of the Schwartz ditch two miles long. They will order a survey and set an assessment hearing date for affected property owners to decide on the project. Local property owners at the session voiced approval of the plan.
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Schwartz Ditch
Court House
Lorain County
AGTO to Relieve Overcrowded Prisons (Withdrawn Title)
Washington August 7 Attorney General Mitchell outlined methods to ease federal prison crowding while awaiting a 5 million dollar congressional appropriation for new facilities. The plan expects rapid action on 200 parole recommendations and faster processing by the federal parole board which will meet every six weeks. Mitchell may transfer narcotics offenders to hospitals once curative funds are available, aiming to reduce overcrowding and offer permanent cures. A narcotic hospital system is proposed with sites in the northwest and the middle/southwest. The study also considers expanding probation officers to give first offenders another chance.
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Washington
Congress
Mitchell
Hoover
Justice Department
Federal Parole Board
Parole Board
Northwest
Middle West
Southwest
Sanford Bates
Four Civil Suits Added To Pending List in Court
Four civil suits were added late yesterday and early today to the list now pending in common pleas court. The largest is C. J. Hughes versus Dan Dimmick for 2587.50 on a note and mortgage foreclosure on Pittsfield property. Horace Smith seeks 250 from H. C. Cook for damages from a Lake Road auto accident near Vermilion. E. Roth sues G. W. Woodruff, receiver, and John Carlson for detaining wheat on LaGrange property. Floyd Babcock sues Lake View Realty Company for accounting and appointment of a receiver in a contract dispute.
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Common Pleas Court
C. J. Hughes
Dan Dimmick
Pittsfield
Horace Smith
H. C. Cook
Lake Road
Vermilion
Federal Farm Board Warns Against Hurried Wheat Marketing
Washington August 7 the federal farm board again warns wheat farmers not to rush selling cash wheat to avoid flooding markets and depressing prices. The message follows repeated farmer appeals for help in handling the current surplus and preserving port prices.
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Washington
Federal Farm Board
Thlas
Reunion Reflects on Civil War Service of 15th Ohio Battery
Freeman W N Stearns 912 Walnut Street hosted the forty-ninth reunion of Civil War Veterans of the 15th Ohio Independent Light Artillery at the local fairgrounds. Only one other survivor, Jerome Willman, 90, of Toledo, is bedridden, deaf, and partly blind. Stearns, nearing 90, shared tales from five years of war, including thirty three engagements and a near-death moment aiding a wounded rebel after Atlanta.
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Ohio Independent Light Artillery
Freeman WN. Stearns
Walnut Street
Stearns
15Th Light Artillery
Jerome Willman
Toledo
Charles Abbey
J. A. Kaley
Thomas Monroe
Chas. White
15Th Battery
Memphis
Tenn
Lauman
McPherson
Atlanta
Logan
Pickett
Fined for Possession of Liquor in Raid
Frank Daub of Elyria was fined $100 and costs for possession of intoxicating liquor after state prohibition raids led before Justice S J George. Ruby Spencer, at the same raid, received $25 and costs for interfering with an officer and attempting to hinder officers from obtaining evidence.
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Frank Daub
Elyria
S. J. George
Ruby Spencer
Will Attempt To Make Wis. Really Wet
In Madison on August 7 Senator Bernhard Gettleman vowed to keep the prohibition battle alive in the 1931 session. He urged renewed efforts to join Wisconsin to the liquor manufacturing business, asserting it aligns with the eighteenth amendment. A Senate vote of 12 to 4 yesterday defeated all wet proposals after Wisconsin repealed the state dry law and disbanded the prohibition enforcement department. He called prohibition a double crossing of war time patriotism.
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Madison
Wis
Bernhard Gettleman
General Assembly
Senate
Wisconsin
Itelman
Victor Berger Suffers Relapse
Victor L. Berger socialist leader was in a very critical condition after a relapse today. He had been recovering from a skull fracture and internal injuries after a street car strike three weeks earlier. Complications developed last night following a period of apparent improvement.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Victor L. Berger
Berger
Milwaukee Leader
Pollard Wins In Virginia Democratic Primary
In Virginia the Democratic primary yielded John Garland Pollard as nominee for governor by a large plurality over Walter Mapp. Byrd administration support carried most districts and cities. Rosewell Page trailed with under 10,000 votes. Many voters abstained from the primary to vote in the November general election where Brown opposes the regular Democrat Pollard.Observers foresee a November vote fight centered on Byrd influence and Cannon prestige.
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Richmond
Virginia
John Garland Pollard
Walter Mapp
Byrd
McCall Frazier
Harry F. Byrd
Rosewell Page
James Cannon
New Haven Woman Proposes Bare Leg Ban
Mrs. Annabelle Young urges New Haven aldermen to pass an ordinance barring any girl over 12 from appearing in public with bare legs to protect Yale students and curb temptation, arguing exposed legs endanger girls and tempt men.
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New Haven
Conn
Annabelle Young
Westville
Board of Aldermen
Yale
Yale University
Eight Are Hurt As Bus and Truck Collide
Eght persons were injured none seriously when a truck driven by Clarence Sievert Stevensville Mich. crashed into the side of a Cincinnati to Chicago bus at Michigan City Ind. Sievert said he fell asleep at the wheel. Hospital list includes H Fahrnow Norwood Ohio and Harold Warren Elizabeth N Y among others.
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Michigan City
Ind
Clarence Sievert
Stevensville
Mich
Sievert
H. Fahrnow
Norwood Ohio
Harold Warren
Elizabeth N.Y
H. F. Selvin
Pete Lopaz
Cincinnati
N. Baker
Indianapolis
F G. Berart
Lakeport
Florida
George McLaughlin
Branford
R. J
C. M. Weesner
Avedo
Ils
Vegetable theft at Fountain stand reported
Vegetables valued around 40 dollars were stolen last night from the Fountain vegetable stand at Cook road and Brain street. The incident was reported by N J Fountain and the sheriff's department.
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N. J. Fountain
Cook Road
Brain Street
Fountain& the Sheriff's Department
Doctor Snook testifies as murder trial unfolds in Columbus
In a Columbus courtroom on August 7, Dr. James Howard Snook, facing charges of murdering Theora Hix, takes the stand to defend himself after his wife Mrs Snook and his mother testified about his past three years. He details his education, Ohio State University faculty work, wartime teaching, and aviation ground school training as the trial continues.
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Columbus
James Howard Snook
Theora Hix
Ohio State University
Antwerp
Veterinary Department
Theora
Miss Hix
Mack Halil
Mack Hall
Bor
Readius
Snooks Wife and Mother On Stand
In Columbus Aug 7 defense says Dr James Howard Snook will call wife Helen and his mother Mrs Abner Snook to testify as trial resumes for the murder of Theora Hix. Helen Snook testifies about home life, marital relations, and her husband’s reputation for peace and quiet.
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Columbus
James Howard Snook
Helen
Abner Snook
Snook
Helen Snook
Max Seyfert
F. O. Ricketts
Dr. Snook
Jury Amuses Itself During Snook Murder Trial
In Columbus Ohio on August 7 the James Howard Snook murder jury, isolated from media, enjoyed a theatre visit last night. Sheriff Pauls singing deputies and a chorus of deputy sheriffs will perform a private concert for the jurors tonight, followed by a bridge party tomorrow to keep them entertained between court sessions.
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Columbus
James Howard Snook
Pauls
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